Art - American - General

Jackson Pollock, the towering American artist who was to revolutionize twentieth-century art with his "dripping" painting technique, grew up between the late 1920s and the late 1940s, the youngest of five boys born in the American West. Though often apart, whether they were traveling...

Amid the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s-an era that included the Black Civil Rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland-young Irish Americans in New York began to question what it meant to be Irish in America. Led by...

WHAT I purpose in the following pages is to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led during a course of many years to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of...

- Andrew Holmes is renowned for his hyper-real drawings of gleaming trucks, and the service infrastructure that sustains the city of Los Angeles- Holmes has made it his life's work to capture scenes from this uniquely American landscape in a series of drawings that...

The definitive monograph of Sam Gilliam one of the great innovators in post-war American painting An African American artist in the nation's capital at the height of the Civil Rights movement, Sam Gilliam blazed a trail with his singular artistic vision. Gilliam emerged from...

The first and only book on Times Square's iconic Midnight Moment series, the world's largest and longest-running digital public art programPresented nightly to millions of viewers each year, Midnight Moment showcases the work of contemporary artists on one of the world's most iconic canvases...

A revealing exploration of how prescient nineteenth-century artists, writers, and scientists began to sound the alarm on climate crisis Against a backdrop of industrialization and scientific development that reshaped humanity's relationship to the planet, nineteenth-century artists and writers began to express a novel perception...

This is the origin story of Nashville's surging contemporary art scene told by the ones who were there before anyone else. Not a story about commercial spaces or official institutions--this is the story of moldy warehouse studios and improvised galleries, happy-kegger after-parties and front...

A major new survey of American sculpture, exploring how it both reflects and redefines concepts of race and identity in the United States When viewing a sculpture, how quickly do we tend to assign race to the subject? The three-dimensional qualities of sculpture give...

From the authors of NYC Storefronts comes a sprawling collection of intimately rendered shops that line the streets and sidewalks of the Big Apple's most populous borough Nowadays, Brooklyn is both destination and home to so many New Yorkers that shopping, eating out, doing...

With the intention of empowering young voters aged 18-36 ahead of the 2020 US presidential election, Project 270 enlisted nearly 70 established and emerging street artists to create posters encouraging viewers to "Get Out the Vote." Every discrete poster was impressed with a "postmark,"...

A fresh look at the global dimensions of US painting from the 1850s to 1898. Painting US Empire is the first book to offer a synthetic account of art and US imperialism around the globe in the nineteenth century. In this work, art historian...

Photorealism, and it's twenty-first-century advancement, Hyperrealism, comprise a genre of painting that developed in the United States and Europe using high-resolution photograph as its primary source material. Embracing digital photography perhaps more than any other artist working in this genre, French-born Bertrand Meniel (1961-)...

In Earth Diplomacy, Jessica L. Horton reveals how Native American art in the mid-twentieth-century mobilized Indigenous cultures of diplomacy to place the earth itself at the center of international relations. She focuses on a group of artists including Pablita Velarde, Darryl Blackman, and Oscar...

A dynamic look at how artists used paper to radically redefine the relationship between the body and its surroundings, and to propose new conceptions of ecology From sketches created inside pants pockets to paper-strewn performances that took cues from protests and riots, the work...

Eugenie attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1895-1899. She was a dedicated honor student during these years. Her practiced knowledge of animal painting and her use of live animal models enhanced the program at the Art Institute. Eugenie assisted teachers in life class...

Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along the Way surveys John Baeder's thirty-five-year obsession with roadside architecture, especially America's diners, and complements Baeder's Morris Museum of Art exhibit of the same name. Originally attracted to classic postcard images of mom-and-pop businesses and old black-and-white photos...

Welcome to a world of Women Colorists who love beautiful details, flowers, fantasy, fairies, and fashion art. Our collection offered beautiful designs of drawing illustrations. Each consisted of 25 of detailed coloring drawing. Coloring page is printed on one side only for easy removal...

The newest book in the "Enjoying Great Art" Series: Great art comes in many sizes and shapes, in many colors and styles. It can also be about many different themes - real and imaginary. Other books in the series have included art arranged around...

Post-Impressionism to World War II is an exciting anthology of the best art history writings of the Post-Impressionist period. Several key essays by critics including Benjamin, Greenberg and B rger knit together primary sources and classic, "canonical" criticism. Collects the most important writings on...

""The Drawings of Henry Fuseli"" by Paul Ganz is a comprehensive collection of the drawings of Henry Fuseli, a Swiss artist who was active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Fuseli is best known for his vivid and often grotesque depictions of...

""A Catalogue Of Drawings Illustrating The Life Of General Washington, And Of Colonial Life"" is a book written by Howard Pyle and published in 1897. The book is a collection of drawings that depict the life of General George Washington and colonial life in...

Pop Art and the Contest Over American Culture examines the socially and aesthetically subversive character of pop art. Providing a historically contextualized reading of American pop art, Sara Doris locates the movement within the larger framework of the social, cultural, and political transformations of...

With its sweeping continental perspective, Frances Pohl's Framing America has long been hailed as the most progressive introduction to the history of American art, from prehistory to the present. The Fifth Edition builds on that reputation, increasing the diversity of artists and other Americans...

Experience yoga for your mind with 50 unique, beautiful, and intricate mandala coloring designs. Enhance your creativity and increase your tranquility as you mindfully color these mandala coloring pages. A mandala for every mood - pick from a variety of difficulty levels, from medium...

An examination of landscape as a vehicle for expressing love, loss, and healing. Afterglow brings together the known memorial paintings by Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) for the first time, unveiling how Church returned to the medium of landscape throughout his career to create solace...

Georgia: O'Keeffe: In the West, is the definitive in-depth look at the culminating period in Georgia O'Keeffe's life and work in the American Southwest. Although she began her career as a painter in the East, O'Keeffe considered the West her spiritual home, as well...

The Art Of Preserving The Hair: On Philosophical Principles is a book published in 1825, written by an anonymous author. The book focuses on the preservation and maintenance of hair, discussing the philosophical principles behind hair care. It covers various topics such as the...

Presenting over fifty works by a broad cross-section of major artists, this new volume captures the huge and lasting impact of the railroad on America through the eyes of the artists who witnessed its expansion.All Aboard is a ground-breaking book. Presented thematically the authors...

This book contains 34 color photographs covering many situations that wildlife artists could have difficulty getting "just right" in their works. Examples are perching postures, close-ups of heads (including how Great Blue Heron's are able to move their eyes), foraging activities (including a fish...

The art of ancient civilisations and traditional folk cultures have been eternally deemed as classics. The concept of the World Culture Art Series is to introduce to the participants, the value of the artistic creations found across the globe.Aspects of these art elements are...

The only comprehensive monograph on the artist whose abstract 'white' paintings have inspired generations.A much-revered figure in the art world, Robert Ryman has, over six decades, continuously and methodically experimented with the different possibilities inherent within a painting - abolishing colour in order to...

Hailed as the seminal study of spray can art of the 1970s and 1980s, Aerosol Kingdom explores the origins and aesthetics of graffiti writings. From a vast array of inherited traditions and gritty urban lifestyles, talented and renegade young New Yorkers spawned a culture...

This essential volume showcases portraits of prominent Americans who have influenced the nation's history from its earliest days to the present. It features 150 paintings, photographs, drawings, posters, sculptures, screenprints, and digital video stills carefully selected from the National Portrait Gallery of leading politicians,...

""Light and Color Theories and Their Relation to Light and Color Standardization"" is a book written by Joseph W. Lovibond in 1915. The book delves into the science behind light and color, exploring different theories related to their properties and behavior. Lovibond discusses the...

Giotto is a book written by Harry Quilter that explores the life and works of the famous Italian painter Giotto di Bondone. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Giotto's artistic career, from his early years as an apprentice to his later achievements as...

""The Last Years of Rodin"" by Marcelle Tirel is a biographical account of the final years of the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Tirel, who was a close friend of Rodin, provides a detailed and intimate portrait of the artist during his last decade....

Origins of Pictish Symbolism is a book written by James Carnegie, the Earl of Southesk, in 1893. The book explores the origins of the symbols used by the Picts, a group of people who lived in what is now Scotland during the 3rd to...

Cleopatra's Needles and Other Egyptian Obelisks is a book written by E. A. Wallis Budge, a renowned Egyptologist, that explores the history and significance of obelisks in ancient Egypt. The book delves into the construction, transportation, and symbolism of these towering monuments, which were...

The definitive life of the painter who forged American identity visually, in art and illustration, with an impact comparable to that of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain in poetry and prose--yet whose own story has remained largely untold. In 1860, at the age of...

In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He illuminates America's obsession with public memorials and the changing role of art and museums in our...

Nick Cardy has been a cartoonist and illustrator for over 50 years. Spanning the Golden Age to the present, Cardy's career began in 1939 with the Eisner-Iger shop, which produced the "Spirit" newspaper supplement, "Plastic Man" comic books and more. Cardy went on to...

My ART is absolute evolution of self-therapy cleansing mind and spirit, freeing the artist from plethora woes. The expressive abstract artwork blessing these pages was created using a very simple yet complicated technique I devised. Free your mind, open your eyes, permit your imagination...

Oriental Cylinders: Impressions Of Ancient Oriental Cylinders Or Rolling Seals Of The Babylonians, Assyrians, And Medo-Persians is a book written by A. Cullimore and published in 1842. The book provides a detailed account of the ancient cylindrical seals used by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and...

German Expressionism and Abstract Art: The Harvard Collections is a comprehensive book written by Charles Louis Kuhn. The book explores the extensive collection of German Expressionism and Abstract Art held by Harvard University. It offers a detailed analysis of the historical and cultural context...

A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print In process and technique, printmaking is an art of physical contact. From woodcut and engraving to lithography and screenprinting, every print is the record of a contact event:...

Illustrations Of The Manners, Customs And Condition Of The North American Indians V1 is a book written by George Catlin, an American painter and writer who was famous for his portraits of Native American people and their way of life. The book is a...

Early American Wall Paintings 1710-1850 is a comprehensive book written by Edward B. Allen, which explores the history and significance of wall paintings in early American homes. The book is divided into four sections, each covering a specific period in American history, from the...

- The book shows the most influential artists on the West Coast of the US- Featuring many previously unseen pictures- Includes the stories behind the photographs- Tattoo, surf, skate and street art are represented- Three generations of legendary LA artists, and 40 years of...

What happens when the avant-garde grows old? Examining a group of writers and artists who continued the modernist experiment into later life, Scott Herring reveals how their radical artistic principles set out a new path for creative aging. Aging Moderns provides portraits of writers...